The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), which represents the Tigrayan population and which has always campaigned against successive central powers in Ethiopia, claimed that following the recent popular uprising, hundreds of civilians have been killed or injured by the Ethiopian Federal Army. “The TPLF junta will soon be held accountable for destroying this infrastructure and for crimes it has committed so far,” the task force said. In the same vein, the Ethiopian federal police issued an arrest warrant against 76 army officers, including 4 generals, accused of treason for the benefit of the TPLF in the armed conflict. The arrest warrant comes just days after another arrest warrant was issued against senior officials of the TPLF forces on charges related to terrorism, corruption, human rights violations and treason. The federal government also decided to freeze the funds of 34 companies that were part of the portfolio of an investment fund managed by the TPLF in Tigray.

Source: The North Africa Journal November 19, 2020 14:48 UTC